Impatiens plant named “Balboucor”

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of  Impatiens  plant named ‘Balboucor’, characterized by its medium coral-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and moderately vigorous, compact, mounded-spreading growth habit, is disclosed.

Latin name of genus and species of plant claimed: Impatiens×hybrida.

Variety denomination: ‘Balboucor’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar ofImpatiens plant botanically known as Impatiens×hybrida and hereinafterreferred to by the cultivar name ‘Balboucor’.

The new cultivar originated in a controlled breeding program in ArroyoGrande, Calif. The objective of the breeding program was the developmentof Impatiens cultivars that perform well under both sun and shadeconditions and have a moderately vigorous, compact, mounded-spreadinggrowth habit.

The new Impatiens cultivar is a naturally-occurring sport of BounceCherry ‘Balboucher’, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,100, characterized by itsdark cherry-red colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, andmoderately vigorous, compact, mounded-spreading growth habit. The newcultivar was discovered as a side shoot and selected during April 2014in a controlled environment in Arroyo Grande, Calif.

Asexual reproduction of the new cultivar by terminal stem cuttings sinceApril 2014 in Arroyo Grande, Calif., and West Chicago, Ill. hasdemonstrated that the new cultivar reproduces true to type with all ofthe characteristics, as herein described, firmly fixed and retainedthrough successive generations of such asexual propagation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following characteristics of the new cultivar have been repeatedlyobserved and can be used to distinguish ‘Balboucor’ as a new anddistinct cultivar of Impatiens plant:

-   -   1. Medium coral-colored flowers;    -   2. Medium green-colored foliage; and    -   3. Moderately vigorous, compact, mounded-spreading growth habit.

Plants of the new cultivar differ from plants of the parent primarily inhaving a different flower color.

Of the many commercially available Impatiens cultivars, the most similarin comparison to the new cultivar is Bounce Pink Flame ‘Balboufink’,U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,010. However, in side by side comparisons, plantsof the new cultivar differ from plants of ‘Balboufink’ in at least thefollowing characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new cultivar have larger diameter flowers than        plants of ‘Balboufink’; and    -   2. Plants of the new cultivar have a flower color different from        plants of ‘Balboufink’.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying photographs show, as nearly true as it is reasonablypossible to make the same in color illustrations of this type, typicalflower and foliage characteristics of the new cultivar. Colors in thephotographs differ slightly from the color values cited in the detaileddescription, which accurately describes the colors of ‘Balboucor’. Theplants were grown in 4.5-inch pots for 9 weeks in a greenhouse in WestChicago, Ill.

FIG. 1 illustrates a side view of the overall growth and flowering habitof ‘Balboucor’.

FIG. 2 illustrates a close-up view of an individual flower of‘Balboucor’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The new cultivar has not been observed under all possible environmentalconditions to date. Accordingly, it is possible that the phenotype mayvary somewhat with variations in the environment, such as temperature,light intensity, and day length, without, however, any variance ingenotype.

The chart used in the identification of colors described herein is TheR.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society, London, England,2015 edition, except where general color terms of ordinary significanceare used. The color values were determined in June 2016 under naturallight conditions in West Chicago, Ill.

The following descriptions and measurements describe plants producedfrom cuttings from stock plants and grown in a glass-covered greenhouseunder conditions comparable to those used in commercial practice. Theplants were grown in West Chicago, Ill. in 4.5-inch pots for 9 weeksutilizing a soilless growth medium. Greenhouse temperatures weremaintained at approximately 66° F. to 70° F. (19° C. to 21° C.) duringthe day and approximately 58° F. to 62° F. (14° C. to 17° C.) during thenight. Greenhouse light levels of 2,500 footcandles to 6,000 footcandleswere maintained during the day. Measurements and numerical valuesrepresent averages of typical plants.

-   Botanical classification: Impatiens×hybrida cultivar Balboucor.-   Parentage:    -   -   Parent.—Bounce Cherry ‘Balboucher’, U.S. Plant Pat. No.            26,100.-   Propagation:    -   -   Type cutting.—Terminal stem.        -   Time to initiate roots.—Approximately 6 to 9 days.        -   Time to produce a rooted cutting.—Approximately 24 to 28            days.        -   Root description.—Fibrous.        -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching.-   Plant description:    -   -   Commercial crop time.—Approximately 6 to 8 weeks from a            rooted cutting to finish in a 10 cm pot.        -   Growth habit and general appearance.—Moderately vigorous,            compact, mounded-spreading growth habit.        -   Size.—Height from soil level to top of plant plane:            Approximately 20.0 cm. Width: Approximately 38.0 cm.        -   Branching habit.—Freely branching. Quantity of main branches            per plant: Approximately 4.        -   Branch.—Strength: Moderately strong. Length: Approximately            19.0 cm. Diameter at central internode: Approximately            5.0 mm. Length of central internode: Approximately 4.5 cm.            Texture: Glabrous. Color of young and mature stems: Closest            to 146B with an overlay of 187A.-   Foliage description:    -   -   General description.—Quantity of leaves per main branch:            Approximately 10. Fragrance: None. Form: Simple.            Arrangement: Whorled with up to 5 leaves per node, opposite            if only two leaves at one node.        -   Leaves.—Aspect: Petiole is at an acute angle to stem and            leaves are perpendicular to an obtuse angle to stem. Shape:            Elliptic. Margin: Serrulate, ciliate. Apex: Acuminate. Base:            Attenuate. Venation pattern: Pinnate. Length of mature leaf            at center of stem: Approximately 10.5 cm. Width of mature            leaf at center of stem: Approximately 4.5 cm. Texture of            upper and lower surfaces: Glabrous. Color of upper surface            of young and mature foliage: Closest to 137A with venation            of 147B. Color of lower surface of young and mature foliage:            Closest to but slightly darker than 191B and venation of            147C.        -   Petiole.—Length: Approximately 2.0 cm. Diameter:            Approximately 3.0 mm. Texture: Glabrous. Color: 147C with a            faint overlay of 187C.-   Flowering description:    -   -   Flowering habit.—‘Balboucor’ is freely flowering under            outdoor growing conditions with substantially continuous            blooming from spring through autumn and year-round in            greenhouse environment.        -   Lastingness of individual flower on the plant.—Approximately            7 to 9 days.-   Flower description:    -   -   General description.—Type: Single. Quantity per plant:            Approximately 8. Fragrance: None.        -   Bud.—Rate of opening: Generally takes 1 to 2 days for bud to            progress from first color to fully open flower. Quantity            showing color per plant: Approximately 3.        -   Bud just before opening.—Shape: Ovoid. Length: Approximately            1.7 cm. Diameter: Approximately 1.1 cm. Color: 52B.        -   Corolla.—Shape: Round, cupped when first open with petals            flattening with age. Diameter: Approximately 5.8 cm. Depth:            Approximately 1.4 cm. Borne: Above the foliage.        -   Petals.—Quantity: 5. Shape: Obovate. Aspect: Flat.            Appearance: Dull. Margin: Entire. Apex: Emarginate. Base of            upper petal: Truncate. Base of lateral and lower petals:            Attenuate. Length of upper petal: Approximately 2.5 cm.            Width of upper petal: Approximately 3.7 cm. Length of            lateral petals: Approximately 2.8 cm. Width of lateral            petals: Approximately 2.6 cm. Length of lower petals:            Approximately 3.3 cm. Width of lower petals: Approximately            3.2 cm. Texture of upper and lower surfaces: Glabrous. Color            of upper surface when first and fully open: Upper petal 52A            to 52B. Lateral and lower petals 52A to 52B with 61A at            base. Color of lower surface when first and fully open:            Between 52C and 52D.        -   Spur.—Quantity: 1 per flower. Length: Approximately 3.8 cm.            Diameter at proximal end: Approximately 2.0 mm. Diameter at            distal end: Less than 1.0 mm. Texture: Glabrous. Color: 185C            with 145B at tip.        -   Peduncle.—Strength: Moderately strong. Aspect: Acute angle            to stem. Length: Approximately 4.5 cm. Diameter:            Approximately 2.0 mm. Texture: Glabrous. Color: 145C with a            faint overlay of 187C.        -   Sepals.—Quantity per flower: 4 with one fused to base of            upper petal. Sepal arrangement: 1 spurred lower sepal            located between 2 side (lateral) sepals. Shape of lateral            sepals: Ovate. Shape of lower sepal: Ovate. Apex of all            sepals: Acuminate. Length of lateral sepals: Approximately            1.5 cm. Width of lateral sepals: Approximately 6.0 mm.            Length of lower sepal: Approximately 1.7 cm. Width of lower            sepal: Approximately 1.1 mm. Texture of upper and lower            surfaces of all sepals: Glabrous. Color of upper and lower            surfaces of lateral sepals: 145D and tips of 146B. Color of            upper and lower surfaces of lower sepal: NN155B with a faint            overlay of 52D and tip of 146B.        -   Reproductive organs.—Androecium: Stamen quantity: 5 per            flower, fused around pistil at apex. Anther shape: Hooded.            Anther length: Approximately 5.0 mm. Anther color: 63A.            Filament color: 63A. Pollen amount: Moderate. Pollen color:            155D. Gynoecium: Pistil quantity: 1 per flower. Pistil            length: Approximately 5.0 mm. Stigma shape: 5-pointed star.            Stigma color: Colorless, transparent. Style color: 146B,            darkens to 137A with age. Ovary texture: Glabrous. Ovary            color: 146C, darkens to 137A with age.-   Seed and fruit production: Neither seed nor fruit production has    been observed.-   Disease and pest resistance: Resistance to pathogens and pests    common to Impatiens has not been observed.

What is claimed is:
 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Impatiens plantnamed ‘Balboucor’, substantially as herein illustrated and described.